Gene O Driscoll

Gene O Driscoll was a Gaelic footballer who played with Kerry, Galway, London and New York during the 1960s and 1970s. He was on the first Kerry under-21 team to contest and win the Munster Championship, at Kenmare in 1962, and he also played with the Kerry senior team that year, winning a Munster Championship at centre forward and scoring 1-01 in what was his only senior championship game for the county before he emigrated. After a number of years in London he won an All Ireland Junior Championship in 1969 when London beat Wicklow, and he also played for the New York county team, with whom he played in the 1966 National League final. At club level he first played with Annascaul and West Kerry, then with the St Mary's club in London, won a Junior Championship with Geraldine's and rejoined St Mary's to win a Senior Championship in 1963. In 2011 he was picked on the All Star London team 1960-2010. His sons Bingo and Johnny both also played with Kerry and New York during the 1990s and 2000s.